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1979 NBA Three-Pointers Made Leaders

Three-point field goals made

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Brian Taylor led the NBA in three-pointers made in 1979 with 90, 17 ahead of Rick Barry (73).

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Brian Taylor Led the NBA in 1979 Brian Taylor SDC
90 Three-Pointers Made 17 clear of Rick Barry
Showing Three-Pointers Made and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 3PM GP MPG PTS PPG
1 Brian Taylor Brian Taylor SDC 90 78 35.3 1,056 13.5
2 Rick Barry Rick Barry HOU 73 72 25.2 866 12.0
3 Chris Ford BOS 70 73 29.0 816 11.2
4 Joey Hassett IND 69 74 15.3 523 7.1
5 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 58 82 36.0 1,745 21.3
6 John Roche John Roche DEN 49 82 27.9 932 11.4
7 Mike Newlin Mike Newlin NJN 45 78 32.2 1,634 21.0
8 Freeman Williams Freeman Williams SDC 42 82 25.8 1,526 18.6
9 Fred Brown SEA 39 80 21.3 960 12.0
10 Brian Winters MIL 38 80 32.8 1,292 16.2
11 Kevin Grevey Kevin Grevey WAS 34 65 28.0 912 14.0
12 George Gervin George Gervin SAN 32 78 37.6 2,585 33.1
13 Reggie Theus Reggie Theus CHI 28 82 36.9 1,660 20.2
14 Micheal Ray Richardson Micheal Ray Richardson NYK 27 82 37.3 1,254 15.3
15 Paul Westphal Paul Westphal PHX 26 82 32.5 1,792 21.9
16 Rudy Tomjanovich Rudy Tomjanovich HOU 22 62 29.6 880 14.2
17 Mike Bratz PHX 21 82 19.4 700 8.5
18 Ricky Sobers CHI 21 82 32.6 1,161 14.2
19 Don Buse Don Buse PHX 19 81 30.9 626 7.7
20 Willie Smith CLE 17 62 17.0 299 4.8
21 Greg Ballard WAS 16 82 29.7 1,277 15.6
22 Terry Duerod DET 15 67 19.9 624 9.3
23 M.L. Carr BOS 12 82 24.3 914 11.2
24 Eddie Jordan Eddie Jordan NJN 12 82 32.4 1,087 13.3
25 Dennis Johnson Dennis Johnson SEA 12 81 36.3 1,540 19.0
26 John Lucas John Lucas GOS 12 80 34.5 1,010 12.6
27 Mike Evans SAN 12 79 15.8 486 6.2
28 Henry Bibby Henry Bibby PHL 11 82 24.8 739 9.0
29 Jeff Judkins BOS 11 65 10.4 351 5.4
30 Otis Birdsong Otis Birdsong KCK 10 82 35.2 1,858 22.7
31 Randy Smith CLE 10 82 32.7 1,441 17.6
32 Del Beshore CHI 10 68 12.8 244 3.6
33 World Free SDC 9 68 38.0 2,055 30.2
34 Stan Pietkiewicz SDC 9 50 11.5 228 4.6
35 Sammy Smith CHI 8 30 16.5 259 8.6
36 Billyray Bates Billyray Bates POR 8 16 14.7 180 11.3
37 Jan Van Breda Kolff Jan Van Breda Kolff NJN 7 82 29.3 561 6.8
38 Gus Williams SEA 7 82 36.2 1,816 22.2
39 Ray Williams NYK 7 82 31.5 1,714 20.9
40 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 7 77 36.3 1,387 18.0
41 Bob Wilkerson Bob Wilkerson DEN 7 75 31.8 1,033 13.8
42 Scott Wedman Scott Wedman KCK 7 68 34.5 1,290 19.0
43 Phil Smith Phil Smith GOS 7 51 30.4 792 15.5
44 David Thompson David Thompson DEN 7 39 31.8 839 21.5
45 Earl Evans DET 7 36 10.6 157 4.4
46 Ron Brewer Ron Brewer POR 6 82 34.3 1,286 15.7
47 Gary Garland DEN 6 78 14.2 334 4.3
48 Michael Cooper LAL 5 82 24.1 722 8.8
49 Mickey Johnson IND 5 82 32.3 1,566 19.1
50 Kevin Restani SAN 5 82 24.0 874 10.7
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